#BC9E44#BC9E44

#BC9E44 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.114 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E44
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 68)
HSL	hsl(45, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, 0.73, 49.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 49.87, 89.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0014 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.114 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0109, 35.5643, 10.5409)
Luminance	0.3556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E44 #4462BC

analogous

#BC6244 #BC9E44 #9EBC44

triadic

#BC9E44 #44BC9E #9E44BC

tetradic

#BC9E44 #44BC62 #4462BC #BC449E

square

#BC9E44 #44BC62 #4462BC #BC449E

split-complementary

#BC9E44 #449EBC #6244BC

monochromatic

#625323 #8F7833 #BC9E44 #CCB571 #DCCD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BC9E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#BC9E44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E44

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E44	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.114 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba7c',
    500: '#bc9e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e44;
$custom-light: #d3ba7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70884,
    "c": 0.1141,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E44

secondary

#93A0C9

accent

#72D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E44

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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